This scenario was freely
adapted from one, presented in the French wargames magazine Vae Victis #31,
for their En Point Toujours II system - a simplified SL system, with
operations involving up to a company.

The fighting for the base of
the Contentin's peninsula were blocked on the Périers-Mont-Castre sector,
mostly due to the fierce opposition of the FJ-Regt.15. To resume the
offensive, news fresh units, some of them green, were thrown into the fry,
namely the 358th Inf. Regt.

After some failed attempts,
on the 10 of July, a new attack was prepared, this time with armoured
support, but after some initial gains, heavy fire form hidden Pak, and
the action of the FJ, soon stopped the GI, and by noon the attack was
call off.

Two days after this failed
operation, the FJ will leave Mont-Castre's positions without a fight, due to
their heavy casualties in the preceding days.

The table for this
scenario measure 1,,8x2,4m. It wasn't possible to made pictures on an
early situation, so the present ones were from the end of the operation.
The allied players, in the beginning tried to focus their attention on the
east flank of the table, but soon their attempts were
blocked by the wooded terrain, heavy Pak fire and the FJ action.

So, after the initial debacle they
reorganize and assaulted the central and east flank. But while they
started well, the lack of coordination with their artillery (off table) and
eventual air support, will spell doom for the infantry.

When the FJ reserves arrived on the
table, leaded by some armoured support, the
allied understand that they have lost (the StuG IV should be here
- it should be a StuG III - but
temptation was
stronger).

With their advance avenues blocked by the StuG and FJ,
their infantry units getting low moral levels due to their green status
and their casualties, the allied players decide to call off the
operation... Mont-Castre have to be taken another day